T he parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called haustorium into the host plant tissues to draw nutrients. The haustorium is ...

the ghost plant has a parasitic relationship with certain types of fungi, which in turn get their nutrition from trees that can photosynthesise. The fungi are also in a mutualistic relationship with ...

The parasitic dodder vine "sniffs" out plants from which it can draw nutrients. Unable to produce its own food, the dodder vine must live entirely off a host plant. In a series of experiments ...

For example, it may draw pollinators ... thereby killing the pests before they can eat your cabbage. Another plant that draws ...

Two parasitic plants in a new study are losing genes related to photosynthesis and other plant functions as they continue their food-sucking habits. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 21, 2023 11:00 AM ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other ... perhaps the parasite can sometimes draw more resources, and maybe the host may be able to increase its ...

Instead of making food from sunlight, some of these plants have become parasitic and primarily suck nutrients out of the fungi in their roots. Whether these orchids change their feeding method ...

Balanophora shed one third of its genes as it evolved into an uber-streamlined parasitic plant, according to new research by a team led by scientists at BGI Research, and including botanists from ...

Growths on plants formed by parasitic weevils help their offspring hunker down on a Brazilian savanna and outlast the flames.

Botanist Mat Yunoh Siti-Munirah has been cataloging the biodiversity of these parasitic plants in Malaysia. In 2020, one of her colleagues encountered an unusual fairy lantern in Tengku Hassanal ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to insert organs into plants after making contact with the hosts. The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris ...

Parasitic plants make up about 1 percent of flowering species within the plant kingdom and their quirks and tricks continue to come with surprises. Some parasitic plants are now potentially ...